FORMER Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox will be attending an investor summit at the Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire at Dogmersfield on Friday.

The MP will be among speakers at an event called Follow The Entrepreneur, which is being sponsored by Basingstoke-based law firm Penningtons Solicitors The invitation-only one day investor summit is hosted by Ariadne Capital, in association with RBC Wealth Management.

Pierre Chappaz, who founded Kelkoo will also be there to address the leadership role of entrepreneurs in changing the way people live and their transformational impact on all aspects of society.

The 150 high net worth individuals attending the summit include leading European entrepreneurs whose portfolio companies are prime candidates for IPOs and other corporate finance transactions.

Penningtons’ sponsorship reflects the firm’s growing involvement with leading investment organisations such as UKTI, London & Partners and Tech London Advocates, a private sector group whose mission is to develop the links between large corporates and the investment community and the burgeoning tech sector. James Klein, corporate partner and co-head of the law firm’s technology group, said: "We're delighted to show our support for this event because it enables us to reinforce our involvement with entrepreneurs in a range of sectors.

“This association is very much at the heart of our business activities."

The firm recently sponsored Innotech Summit 2013 – one of the UK’s leading technology business events, held at Canary Wharf, in April.